MLCCB #47 DT project for 1 November 2022

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart is excited to share this mixed medium embellished Christmas card! This card is being showcased for Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog that launches today, November 1. The #47 competition ends on December 15. 

MLCCB offers Anything Christmas Goes type themed challenges for 6 week sessions 6 times per year. I decided to feature most of the supplies from Cozy Christmas collection by Fancy Pants Designs. 

"Deerly Beloved"=

Take a look closely...zoom/enlarge by clicking on the photo...because there is some gold netting/tulle covering 80% of the card!!! 

The 3 patterned cardstocks, deer die-cut, and the wood 'button' with yellow amber resin are from the Cozy Christmas collection. 

It follows a very old sketch created by Yolanda K=

MLCCB blog link for #47= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/11/mlccb-47-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where my Christmas card will be shared:

a. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog; started Oct 29 and is about midway for the week; ACG not the option of make your own background;

link= http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/chnc-challenge-618.html

b.  Krafty Chicks challenge blog; about 2 days left to current "all occasions" theme; MY card is Christmas occasion

link= https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/krafty-chicks-challenge-635-week-4-all.html

c. We Love 2 Create challenge blog; anything with mixed media; MY Christmas card has inked cardstock edges, gold tulle, die-cut, wood button with some resin, staples, 

link= http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2022/10/challenge-11-craft-card-making.html

d. Mixed Media Creativity group; use of the gold tulle, hand-written sentiment; the wood button; die-cut; antique gold inked cardstock edges

e. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group; 

f. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; anything goes; current

link= http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/10/192-sheepski-designs.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

DT member of MLCCB and its sister blog, MIUCB and a co-owner with Leslie for Ally's Angels

also a member of  Once Upon A Time; The Holly and Ivy; My Time To Craft Christmas; and My Time To Craft

as well as owning 2 challenge blogs: Heart's Quest and FarmQuest

MLCCB DT Card for 1 September 2022

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My heart always gets excited to be creative with Christmas cards! This one is no exception! I'd seen a red and pink Christmas card recently and that color combo is what prompted this Anything Goes Christmas make for my DT commitment with Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog. This is my 2nd project since joining the team this summer. 

MLCC has competitions for 6 weeks then has a 2 week break before repeating the same times for the next challenge which allows for 6 competitions in a calendar year. 

Fancy Pants Designs' Cozy Christmas was a recent new purchase from Peachy Cheap website. The collection is dated 2019. The patterned cardstock sheets are double-side and that's what I've done with the scalloped focal background and the short bottom section. They're reverse sides of each other. The die-cut ephemera floral spray and tinsels are also part of this collection. This is the first time I've ever used tinsel in a card yet it works! 

Different stencils were used for the scallop backdrop and for the banner that was stencil painted on the ivory textured specialty paper. Bright pink acrylic paint was applied. When dry I used a small tip black marking pen to add the letters of "Hope" and to outline the banner. Then gold tempera paint was lightly applied (and also to the floral spray). Next I used a red glitter paint pen to outline inside the banner. A silver glitter paint pen then outline the outside perimeter. The silver helps repeat the silver tinsel and the little silver snowflake dazzles (Paper Wishes website). The gold tempera paint subtly reinforces the gold tinsel and the golden yellow tones in the cardstocks.

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Merry Little Christmas blog link for September 1-October 15, 2022=

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/09/mlccb-46-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups to share and link this card are=

1. NBUS; Never Before Used Schtuff; September 2022; MY card is the first time to use products from Cozy Christmas collection by Fancy Pants Designs.

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2. Mixed Media Lovers challenge blog; MY card has stencil, ink edging, acrylic and tempera paints, glitter paint pens, handwritten sentiment, use of silver foil/metallic snowflakes and gold and silver metallic/foil tinsels

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3. We Love 2 Create challenge blog; anything mixed media goes; this card has a long list of techniques and mediums; use a stencil, paints, outlining, etc.

link= http://welove2create.blogspot.com/2022/08/wk-9-craft-card-making-scrapbooking.html

4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge blog; anything goes

link-- http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2022/08/188-streamside-studios.html

5. Through The Craft Room Door Challenge blog; anything goes

link=http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/08/anything-goes-challenge-30th-august-2022.html 

6. Crafting Happiness challenge blog;  #130 card theme is flowers

link= https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/08/130.html

7. Mixed Media Creativity group

8. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S 

design team member for MLCCB, MIUCB, OUAT, AACB, THICC, MTTCC, and MTTC

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owner of these 2 challenge blogs started in 2022= FarmQuest and Heart's Quest

MLCC blog Theme #45 starts 1 July 2022

 ***Season's Greetings! I'm excited to be announcing that July 1st is my debut as a design team member of Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog!! YES!! Oh, what joy! In 2022, co-owner Leslie T changed the competitions to last 6 weeks long and to offer 6 per year. That's doable for me. 

MLCC Blog makes it even easier for Christmas cardmaking because their challenges are "Anything Christmas Goes". For my 1st DT project, I decided to do a mixed media holly leaves and berries stenciled 3x focus panel. Light green ink was sponged on first. Then red. Then green acrylic paint was applied to most of the stencil. 

After it dried, I went back and outlined the holly leaves with 3 different tip-sized black pens. The holly berries were brightened with 4 different red markers. I was trying to achieve variegation over the panel. Then gold glitter tempera paint was dabbed on once most of the card was assembled. The gold thickers and red dot gems were added last. 

Merry with holly leaves and berries=

click on the closeup and look for the teeny bits of gold glitter paint scattered around:

Wow! I've used a non-traditional Christmas (or even winter) patterned paper on the left with the traditional red and green holly leaves and berries for the stenciled panel. Thanks to Simple Stories for the stencil sheet and I believe it is American Crafts for the gold thickers (Merry, holly leaves, and holly berries). 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #45 link= July 1-August 15, 2022

https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/mlccb-45-anything-christmas-goes-mlccb.html

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other challenge blogs to link up and Facebook groups for sharing are these=

A. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge blog= anything Christmas goes; option washi tape= nope just ACG for my card

link= http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/06/chnc-challenge-600.html

B. The Holly and Ivy Christmas challenge blog= anything Christmas goes; 

link= http://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/06/challenge-119-anything-christmas-goes.html

C. Through The Craft Room Door challenge blog; anything goes; started June 21

link= http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2022/06/blog-post.html

D. Mixed Media Creativity group= inking and painting over stencil, outlining holly leaves, red marker ink applying to berries, touches of gold glitter tempera paint dabbed over the card

E. The Seasonal Cardmaker group

F. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland for MLCC blog design team,

Becca S

(also owner of Heart's Quest and FarmQuest challenge blogs)

My Time To Craft Christmas no 9 Slimline Format Winter Holiday Theme starts 7 May 2021

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart is excited to show this wintery weather aurora borealis type sky colors slimline style Christmas card for MTTCC challenge blog! Isn't this the coolest!??!!!

The silver mirrored type metallic paper and my scanner certainly clashed. Even cell phone camera option turned out rainbow prism reflections in several spots no matter how I oriented the card on top of my printer. I didn't try with the overhead lights off. Probably should have tried that. But to save time, I'm just going to settle for letting your imaginations visualize this card in mostly cobalt blues and silver metallics!!!

Aurora Borealis Winter Sky Christmas card=

below: 3rd scanner try captured a different light reflection

link #9 MTTCC slimline style formatted Christmas/winter holiday card posting=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/05/challenge-9-dlslimline.html

MTTCC ID badges:

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups:

a. ABC Christmas challenge blog; May 2021; J is for Jewels and/or K is for Kids; my card has the jewels theme

link= http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/abc-christmas-challenge-j-and-k-are-for.html

*old blog badge saved....

b. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; #34; May 2021; anything Christmas theme; 

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/05/mlccb-34-may-anything-christmas-goes.html

c. Slimline Card Obsessed group

d. The Seasonal Cardmaker group

e. Mixed Media Creativity group

f. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design team member of My Time To Craft Christmas (MTTCC)

My Time To Craft Christmas no 8 Baubles or Ornaments Only Theme for 23 April 2021

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart got excited about creating a scene that simulates a window scene or wall décor with banner/bunting and 3 strands of ornaments coming down. Shell (MTTCC blog owner) wants to see bauble(s)/ornament(s) by themselves. No tree is necessary. She wants the focus to be the bauble. So design your own, use die-cut, use a stamp or digital image, etc. Look in your winter holiday stash and see what you have. 

I couldn't resist having a green plaid triangle shape in the background. And I did intentionally set it off-center. Join us at My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog theme #8 that starts 23 April 2021. 

Let Heaven and Nature Sing Ornaments and Banner Card:

link to #8 at MTTCC= https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-8-baubles.html

more scanned cropped photos:

Vendor notes:

1. green tonal plaid cardstock and stickers (banner and those used for ornaments) are from the Away in the Manger collection by Echo Park

2. The white and gold metallic "Merry Christmas" is called a dazzle and there are oodles of options at Paper Wishes website

3. Background and base cardstocks are either Pen + Gear or Neenah/Astrobrights

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups=

a. The 12 Months of Christmas Linkup; #76; optional twist of red and gold (I do have some of both but not as dominant colors)

link= https://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-76-opt-twistred-gold.html

b. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; #33; Anything Christmas Goes; 

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/mlccb-33-april-anything-christmas-goes.html

A & B blog badges=

c. The Seasonal Cardmaker group

d. Scripturally Inspired Creativity group

e. Mixed Media Creativity group

f. Christian Card Makers ~ Women's Fellowship group

g. Paper, Paper, Paper and Design Team Calls group 

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Crafting in the USA heartland (with 1" of snow on April 20th!!!),

Becca S

*Design Team member of My Time To Craft Christmas

My Time To Craft Christmas no 7 with Snow People theme Christmas cards

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart decided to add ragged edging to my papers and cardstocks for my creative flair on this Christmas card. At MTTCC challenge blog, Shell (owner) is asking that #7 challenge has a "snow people" theme. This Snowman and/or Snow lady challenge starts early on Friday, April 9, 2021. 

My "snow people" are glossy enamel kind of stick-ons that have been in my Christmas embellishments container for a couple of years I'm guessing. It has been way past time to use them. The snowflake patterned paper is computer paper stationery so it's been used on several Christmas cards in 2019 and 2020. The package started with 50 sheets and I've only consumed maybe 5...sigh...Another forgotten dusty supply was stencil sheet from a planner pack kit. Size-wise the snowflake, letters, and numbers worked well for a sentiment kind of accent on this Christmas card. 

Snow Friends on a Snowy Hillside Christmas card=

link for MTTCC's #7 blog post=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-7-snow-people.html

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other challenge blogs and Facebook groups where this posting and/or card photo will be shared=

a. Christmas 24 challenge blog; theme is also 'snow people'; current challenge started April 1st

link= https://christmas24challenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/challenge-031.html

b. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; 

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/mlccb-33-april-anything-christmas-goes.html

The blog badges for these other challenge blogs are shown next:

c. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group

d. Mixed Media Creativity group

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design Team member of My Time To Craft Christmas challenge blog

MTTCC Create a winter wonderland scene Christmas card theme started 26 March 2021

Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!!! I know. I'm just about a week late posting a DT inspiration project for MTTCC--My Time to Craft Christmas. Last Friday morning the #6 challenge began. The theme is create a winter wonderland scene. 

I had lots of ideas but this evening (April 1) I decided I wanted to try something mixed media inspired. One of my crafting online friends from the other side of the globe showed a card with a background made with melted crayons. And then today I saw a FB posting of a kindergarten teacher showing his students doing a paint squeegee kind of technique as the first stage in a Easter eggs arts and crafts activity. So with these two recent visions, I decided to use some 'paint sticks' that are soft crayon wax. They apply rather thickly like lipstick. 

Many months ago after I purchased the 4 color set of paint sticks I tried some different techniques on 3 different colors of cardstock. But I didn't like the results very much. I decided to take the plunge a few hours ago to try again. 

I applied some yellow starbursts and green pine tree, bush, and a hilly slope first to the mid-tone blue cardstock. Then I applied some vivid grape Kool-Aid kind of purple. Last came a thick almost the whole surface of blue. Using the side of a scissor blade, I scraped off most of the blue and purple over the tree and bush. That got transferred in a short swiping strokes along the bottom of the scene. It's almost hard to tell with the scanner, but there is some silver glitter paint pen applied on the tree, bush, and then several horizontal bumpy lines across the bottom 1-1.5". Different snowflakes and the sentiment 'dazzles' were added to complete the top panel. 

Dark blue glitter decorative tape was used as a border on the base since the card base blue is very close to the crayon blue and background cardstock blue. 

So here is my Inky Dark Winter Night Christmas card=

link to #6= https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenge-6-winter-wonderland.html

this post's link or card photo will be shared at the following:

a. PPPDTC = FB group = Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls

b. The Seasonal Cardmaker = FB group

c. Mixed Media Creativity = FB group

d. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; #33; April 2021; Anything Christmas Goes theme

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/04/mlccb-33-april-anything-christmas-goes.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

Design team member of My Time To Craft Christmas

My Time To Craft Christmas no 5 Theme of Die-cuts

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! My artsy-crafty heart is excited to unveil this wonderful Christmas card featuring a gorgeous outdoor decorated Christmas tree die-cut. This card is my design team inspiration project for My Time to Craft Christmas challenge blog. #5 theme is die-cuts and will last for a fortnight starting on Friday, March 12, 2021. 

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MTTCC blog badge:

link to MTTCC's posting for #5= https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/03/challenge-5-die-cuts-only.html

MTTCC blog badge for design team members:

more scanned/cropped images of the card=

Design and supplier notes:

a. white flat card base and matching envelope from The Paper Source; ordered from website

b. diagonal  and multi-patterned cardstocks along with the gorgeous tree die-cut are from the Cottage Christmas collection by

c. metallic green mirrored foil 'dazzles' stating "Merry Christmas" was from a set ordered from Paper Wishes website

d. all the other embellishments were bought at Dollar Tree stores locally

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other linking and/or sharing

a. Christmas Kickstart; Green Christmas theme; my Christmas card has quite a bit of green

link= https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/03/christmas-kickstart-challenge-48-green.html

b. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; Anything Christmas Goes; 

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/03/mlccb-32-march-anything-christmas-goes.html

c. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook; small group of crafters and artists who like to mix things up; mediums besides paper products = ribbon, glitter foam, metallic mirrored foil lettering, gem, 

d. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in Facebook; a sharing group for crafting bloggers, DT members, challenge blog owners

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S

My Time To Craft Christmas no 4 Theme of Christmas Flowers

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! Oh, my artsy-crafty heart thought this theme was going to be easy-peasy! UGH! I know better! :) I shouldn't say or think things will be easy. The washi tape panel came together rather quickly last night, probably in about 10 minutes. 

Getting the right balance of a focal, especially for a Christmas flower, to contrast with the 3 different tape patterns/prints ended up being tricky. I've thought my stash of winter holiday embellishments and papers was extensive, especially considering some personal factors (house move from 3 hours away 4.5 years ago, a personal health event 3.5 years ago, and a house fire also 3.5 years ago) that almost wiped out my previous stash. After trying lots of options, I came up with this layered focal. 

The focal base is a silver glitter painted snowflake tree ornament I decided to use because of the curved lines I thought looked petal-y. A die-cut accented with a red gem was placed on top.

Foam squares are lifting the panel up allowing space for the wrapped cording.

I'm pleased with the result! Holly and berries, wreaths, trees, and greens are included in the washi tapes so suggestions made by Shell, owner of the MTTCC blog are met. 

Flowery Christmas card is my design team project for #4 theme fortnight challenge for My Time to Craft Christmas=

Link to the 4th theme challenge for MTTCC=

https://mytimetocraftchristmas.blogspot.com/2021/02/challenge-4-christmas-flowers.html

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links to other challenge blogs:

a. Winter Wonderland challenge blog; Anything Christmas Goes; 6 days left to compete

link: http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/our-tribute-to-eileen-anything.html

b. Merry Little Christmas challenge blog; Anything Christmas Goes;

link= https://merrylittlechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/02/mlccb-31-february-anything-christmas.html

sharing photo and/or my blog post link:

a. Mixed Media Creativity group in Facebook

b. Paper, Paper, Paper & Design Team Calls group in Facebook

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Crafting in the USA heartland, Becca S